Is there anything that i could add to the stripping buffer to make it more efficient?
I use the following protocol as prescribed by thermo
Warm the bottle of Restore Western Blot Stripping Buffer to room temperature.
Place the blot in Restore Western Blot Stripping Buffer and incubate for 5 to 15 minutes at 37°C. Use a sufficient volume to ensure that the blot is completely wetted (i.e., ~20mL required for an 8 × 10cm blot).
Remove the blot from the Restore Western Blot Stripping Buffer and wash in TBS or PBS.
After determining that the membrane is properly stripped, the second immunoprobing experiment may be performed.
Add some fresh reducing agent like Beta-mercapto or DTT to your solution prior to incubation at 37°C (~300 beta-mercapto for 30 ml solution should be good).
i found shaking is important for this procedure. I use the fisher's restore plus buffer. Just shake the blot with stripping buffer (vigorous enough to see waves go back and forth) RT for 20+ mins. Wash with tbst 3x5 mins then block. It works effective enough to get rid of GAPDH